Ridgefield Playhouse to Screen Bolshoi Ballet

Very few ballets can properly depict The Bolshoi Ballet's overflowing energy and fiery passion as well as Alexei Ratmansky's captivating revival of Vasily Vainonen's The Flames of Paris does. With powerful virtuosity and some of the most stunning pas de deux, The Bolshoi displays an exuberance almost too enormous for the Moscow stage. Come see The Bolshoi Ballet's production of The Flames of Paris in an encore presentation on the big screen in HD at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, May 26th at 7:30pm. This event is part of the Benchmark Senior Living at Ridgefield Crossings Classical Series with support from The Ridgefield Press and Whistle Stop Bakery and underwritten by Lori and John Berisford, Jeanne Cook, Liz and Steven Goldstone, & Sabina and Walter Slavin.

In the era of the French Revolution, Jeanne and her brother Jérôme leave Marseille for Paris in support of the revolutionary effort that is taking over the capital. While fighting for freedom, they both encounter love along the way...

The Bolshoi Ballet ("Great Ballet" in Russian) is the leading ballet company of Russia, famous for elaborately staged productions of the classics and children's ballets that preserve the traditions of 19th-century classical dance.

The Ridgefield Playhouse offers free tickets to The Bolshoi Ballet in HD series to students 18 and younger as a way for parents to introduce their children to the arts. FREE tickets are also available to students 18 and younger for Benchmark Senior Living at Ridgefield Crossings Classical Series screenings of The Metropolitan Opera and National Theatre of London.

For tickets ($15-$25 FREE for students 18 and under), call or visit the box office, 203-438-5795 or go online at ridgefieldplayhouse.org. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a non-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT